THE TEA PARTY CROWD:
“I have several “tea bagger” friends, and they are funny. They are against big government but support the creation of the Homeland Security Department and the Transportation Security Administration for $62 billion annually.
They are against deficit spending but support the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, projected to cost $3 trillion.
They are against “Wall Street” and “Fat Cats” but they support the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which rescinded key protections within the Glass-Steagall Act, enabling the current financial crisis. They are also against the Federal Reserve (and are clueless as to its purpose) but complain about lack of lending.
They are strict constitutionalists, but they are in favor of the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, suspending of habeas corpus, torture, extraordinary rendition, and other Bill of Rights abuses. They are against government control and intrusion, but they support the Patriot Act.
Tea-baggers are amazingly self-contradictory and they really don’t know what they are mad about.
There are no simple solutions to any of the issues we face. However, there are rational approaches that can work with a concerted effort. Sadly, ignorance always has a price.”
Dr. Steve Belovich, Richfield, OH.,
Letter to the editor, The Progressive, March 2010
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Sigh* It’s so true.
At the last Tea Party rally I was in Salem 09, a raised question was asked
“How many here know how “The-Fed” works?”
It was me & about 10 or 12 others who raised their hands.
Many of these people are just very angry at government being negligent at their duties and oath of office, and committing perjury regularly.
And I don’t blame them either for being angry, but it takes an educated people, to apply the remedy, to right the wrongs government has done onto the people over the years.
It is the fault of our parents and grandparents for the past 90 or so years, for not paying attention & scrutinizing the actions of our servant-government.
So here we are; in the second decade of the new century, the masses awakening, the wise are being heard for the first time, and the people are just now remembering the price and costs of self-governance.
It is at times a bumpy and rough “let’s go” kind of thing, but it’s a start.
I want my government back in it’s constitutional restraints, and I just want my government to leave me alone.
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The Tea Baggers are all smart enough to know they’ve been screwed even if all don’t know exactly how. It’s a start. They’re questioning authority.
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